Country scorecard
Belgium
Europe · 11.7M people
ALPS
2.41
languages per person
#4 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
18%
globally connected
Highly multilingual — the average person here speaks 2.4 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Belgium is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇸🇷 Suriname99%
- 🇨🇦 Canada71%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Dutch99%
- English62%
- French50%
- German30%
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The countries sitting next to Belgium in the world multilingualism ranking.
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